Only SandefjordStromstad operates all year round (45 daily: 2hr 30min); the others operate in summer only (midJune to midAug; 34 daily; Ihr 15min). Fares are 85lOONkr oneway; cars 95130Dkr, Costs, Money and Banks Sweden is expensive, but certain bargains make it a better deal than neighbouring Norway and Finland. If you don't already have a rail pass, flying standby (at least for under25s) is a fast and affordable option in cutting travel costs. Elsewhere, regional and city discount travel passes ease what could otherwise be a burden. Accommodation, too, can be good value: youth hostels are all £69$1015 a night for members (another £3.50K or so for non members), and of exceptional quality; campsites are plentiful and cheap. Eating is made bearable by the daily lunch offers found throughout the country around £56$810 for a big, allinclusive meal plus drink. Put all this together and you'll find you can exist camping, selfcatering, hitching, no drinking on around £10$17 a day, though hardly for any length of time. Stay in hostels, eat lunch, get out and see the sights and this will rise to anything from £20$34 to £30$50. And to these figures add on £3.50$6 for every drink in a bar, around £2$3.50 for coffee and cake and £20$34 minimum a night in a hotel travelling like this, да'ге really looking at a figure of more like £50 o0$85100 a day. Remember, though, that the Muntjyside (and much of your camping) is free, museums usually have low (or no) admission rges and that everything everywhere is clean, "ight and works. Money and banks ish currency is the krona (plural kronoi), up of 100 ore. It comes in coins of 50ore, Ikr, 5kr and lOkr; and notes of lOkr, 20kr, 50kr, lOOkr, 500kr,1000kr and 10,000кг. You can change money in banks all over Sweden, which are open MonFri 9.30am3pm, though branches in Stockholm and Gothenburg have longer summer hours (see the various city "Listings" sections). Outside normal banking hours you'll also be able to change money in exchange offices at airports and ferry terminals, and in post offices (look for the "PK Exchange" sign); as well as at Forex exchange offices again, see the relevant "Listings" sections. Communications Communications post and phones within Sweden are good, and as most people speak at least some English you won't go far wrong in the post or telephone office. You'll be able to keep in touch with home by tuning into the TV which relies heavily on English and American programmes or listening to one of the Englishlanguage radio stations. Post Post offices are open MonFri 9am6pm, Sat 9amnoon, with some branches closed on Saturday throughout July, Sweden's holiday month. You can buy stamps at post offices, most newspaper kiosks, tobacconists and hotels. Poste restante is available at all main post offices; take your passport along to claim mail. Phones For international telephone calls either head for the (rare) telephone office (Tele or Те1еЬиЩ, usually open outside normal shopping hours until around 9pm daily, or dial direct from public pay phones.